Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.

Life should be great rather than long.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

I'm never going to be disabled. I'm sick of being so healthy.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.